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Oct. 23, 1945.

' BOX FiledA Mai'ch 24, 1944 Patented oef. 23, 1945 UNITED STATES PAT-ENT" {oFFlcE I e Joseph Hirsch Vineberg, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada e I 4Application March 24, 1944, Serial No. 527,937

3 claims. (craze-23) feThis invention relates to boxes, particularly for light-"articles such as hats.

Prior designs of boxes have attempted to provide suchl boxes from a single piece of material `or havebeen basedon the use` of two members `perxriarientIy connected tofeach` other; The dimculty with designs based on a single piece of materialisthat the shapeof the piece must necessarilybe irregular and therefore involves'substan-V `tial wasteinycutting, thusincreasing the'ultimate price ofithe box., On'the other hand, designs based on two members permanently attached to-` Vg" ther, although they savematerial by compari- `sonfwithdesigns using a singlejpiece `of material, cost atleast as muchor more than the latter de@ signs because of thehigh cost of effecting the permanent attachment,"` whether this be done by gluing orftstlapling. The boxfof the present in# vention hasjbeen designed to obtain the advantages of both thezp'revious' designs mentioned Witheet the attendant disadvantages. It einnione-pieceedesign but involves none of the extra expenseof the two-member designv referred to above.` j

The box, according'to the invention, `is com# topsectionsubstantially' in" the centre thereof.

` The outer member has 1abottomsection onwhich rest thel bottoni edges of theside sections of ,the innerrnember, sidesections which overlie the side sections` of the inner member., and jtwo top sections "each overlying more than one-half the width of the` top section oftheinner member, openings I being provided in thesetwo `top sections through o which fthe handle extends VWhen the box is closed thefiiaps` of the end sections'` of the inner member lie insidethe` side sections vof the` outer member, 'preferably between these side sections andthe side section ofL the innermember but, if desired, insidethe side sections of the inner mem- `Ibex'. The box is preferably provided with two cooperating handles. In this case the second handle is formed from the materialof one of the top sections of the outer member.4 The handle on the top section of the inner member extends up through the inner opening formed -by the handle on the outer member, and the twoA handles together extend through the opening in the other top section of the outer member.`

`The invention will be more fully described by s `:reference to the attached drawing which illustrates a construction in accordancewth it and in which: t H f Figure 1 is a perspective view of the two members of the box ready for assembly,

Figure 2 is a Ecross section of the box fully assembled,

Figure 3 is a I plan view of theV outer member spread out, and v Figure 4 is a planview Vof the `inner member spread out. l

As shown in the drawing the box is composed of an inner member A and an outer member B.

s The inner member A has a top section It)` flanked hates lthelwasteoi material necessitated bythe l on opposite sides by side sections II `and I 2 and at opposite ends by end sections I3 and I4. Flaps I5 extend along the'side edges of end section I3 and flaps lliZ along the side edges of end section I4.` Formed from the material of the top section I9, substantially in the centre thereof, is a handle I'I adapted to be folded upward out of the plane of the section along the fold line I8 to leave an opening 33 in the section.

The outer memberB includesa bottom section I9, flanked by side sections 2B and 2I, with top sections 22 and 23 extending respectively from the outer edges of the side sections 20 and 2|. Each of these top sections is at least more than half as wide as the top section I0 of the member A, and in practice the section 22 may be the full width of the section I0 and thesection23 somewhat less wide. Formed from the material of the top section 22 is a handle 24, like the handle I1, adapted to be folded out of the plane of the section along a fold line 25 to leave an opening 26. In the section 23 is an opening 21, preferably in the form of a slot.

When the boxfis to be assembled the outer member B is laid out substantially flat, as shown in Fig. 1. The side sections I I and I2 of the inner member A are folded down at right angles to the top section and the member A is then placed on the member B so that the lower edges 3| and 32 of the side sections `I| `and I2` respectively rest `on the bottom section I9 of the member B. This is the stage of assembly shown in Fig. 1. The next step is to fold up the side section 29 of the member B to overlie the side section II of the folded up to overlie the side section I2, and the top section 23 folded partially to overlie the top section IEI, this movement bringing the opening 21 to a position where the handles I1 and 24 may extend through it. The handles thus secure the top sections 22 and 23 in place and hold the outer member B wrapped around the inner member A. It will be noted from Figure 2 that the section 23 is preferably just wide enough fully to cover the opening 26 inthe section 22.4

The final stage of closing the box is to turn down the end 4flap I3'untilits lower edge meets the bottom section I9 and fold in the flaps I5 either be tween the side sections I2 and 2I and II and 20,'

or inside the side sections II and I2 respectively; lb

The former is the preferable arrangement, al-

though either is suitable, the essential 'requirement being that the iiaps should be inside 'at least the side sections 20 and 2I.

in fact be completely rectangular if it were Afound desirable to have the flaps I5 and I6 as lwide as the sections I`I and I'2.

v It will be noted that the sections 20 and 2l of themember B are scored along lines 34 and 35, respectively. These 'lines divide the sections into panels of equal width, 20a, 2Gb, and 2Ia, 2lb, respectively, and enable the box to be attened for shipment without being disassembled. If the box is to be shipped, it is assembled up to butnot including the nal stage described in the second preceding paragraph. At this stage of assembly the sides II and I2 are folded in underneath the top section I0 of ,the member A and the Sections 2l) and. ZI of the'member B are collapsed by folding them outwardly along the score lines 434 and 35 so that, when they are folded, the inner faces of thepanels '20a' and'2la overlie, respectively, the inner faces of the .panels 20h and 2lb. 'The box is now flattened and rits width transversely of the top section I'U is the width of that section and half thewidth of each side sections '2U and 2|. The Yside sections "I3 and I4 may be le'ft unfolded or, if desired, they may be folded'back over thesections `22 and 23'. The aps"l5 and I6 arepreferably half as wide as the depth of the side" sections II, I2 and '20, 2I`, as 'appears from Fig. 4. Accordingly, the box when flattened as described is rectangular, so that shipping and storage is convenient and easy.

Setting upthe bfox from the flattened condition just described is easily eifect'ed by pushing out the side sections 'I1' and I2 of 'the member A and straightening up the side sections 20 and 2| of the member B. This raises the top section i0 to its The end section I4. and flap I6 are similarly dealt With and the-box"- normal height from the bottom section I9. The nal stage of assembly is then effected as described above.

It will be obvious that, if desired, the side sections 20 and 2I could be collapsed inwardly along the score lines 34 and 35, instead of outwardly as described, but such an arrangement may not be as satisfactory as the attened box may be of excessive thickness.

What I claim as my invention isz A boxrcomposed of lan inner member and an outer member, said inner member having a top section, side sections, end sections, flaps along the side edges of the end sections, and a handle formed from the material of said top section substantially inthe centre thereof, said outer mem- VV-berhaving a V'bottom' section on which rest the bottom fedges Vof the side sections of said inner meinber. side sections overlying the side sections of said'inner member, two top sections each overlying .more than half the widthof the-top section of said inner member, and openings in said two top sections through which Asaid handle extends, the flaps of said end sectionsllying inside at least the side sections of said outer member when the box is closed, the :sole connection Vbetween said members .being constituted by the extension of saidhandle through -the openings in said two top sections ofthe outer member.

2. Abox composed ofan inner rmember and an outer member, said inner member having a top section, side sections, end sections, flaps along the side edges of the endv sections, .and a handle formed from the material of said top section substantially in the centre thereof, said outer inem-A ber having a bottom section on which rest .the bottom edges of the side sectionsof the said inner member, side sections overlying theside sections of said inner member, a top section overlying more than4 half the width ofthe top section of said inner member, a handle formed from the material of said top section of said outer member, the first mentionedhandle extending up through theiopening lin the top section of-said outer member formed by the second mentioned handle, a second top section of .said outer. memberl overlying more than half the 'width of `the top section of saidV inner member and lpartially overlying `the 'first mentioned top section ofy said outer member, and an opening in said second top section 'throughwhicli both saidh'andles extend, the flaps of saidend sections lying inside at least 'the sidesections oi said outer member when the box is closed,y the sole connection vbetween said members being constituted by theextensi'on 'of said handle th'rough'the'- openings in vsaioltwo top sections of the outer member. L l

3. A box according toclaim 1, wherein the4 side sections ofthe outer member are scored longitud inally parallel to the'edges of said sections connected to the lbottom section, to dividesaidside sections into panels `which may be folded to woverlieeach'other. JOSEPH H iRSCH V VINEBERG'-` f 

